David Susskind Movies

  • 1977
    Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

    Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

    Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

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    The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

    Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
  • 1979
    Walking Through the Fire

    Walking Through the Fire

    Walking Through the Fire

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    A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the...

    Walking Through the Fire
  • 1978
    Tom and Joann

    Tom and Joann

    Tom and Joann

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    The story of Tom and Joann Hammil, a divorced couple who explore new relationships while maintaining their mutual affection a year after their...

    Tom and Joann
  • 1967
    Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belinda

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    In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes...

    Johnny Belinda
  • 1971
    The Price

    The Price

    The Price

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    After the Great Depression, Victor Franz gave up going to college to support his father. After 30 years, Victor returns to sell his parents’...

    The Price
  • 1981
    Casey Stengel

    Casey Stengel

    Casey Stengel

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    Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.

    Casey Stengel
  • 1978
    The World Beyond

    The World Beyond

    The World Beyond

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    A golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island.

    The World Beyond
  • 1979
    The Family Man

    The Family Man

    The Family Man

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    A happily married family man, owner of a parking garage in Manhattan, drifts into a romance with one of his customers who has been having troubles...

    The Family Man
  • 1979
    Transplant

    Transplant

    Transplant

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    Fact-based story about a hard-driving young executive who rebels against his failing heart and undergoes a risky transplant.

    Transplant
  • 1972
    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

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    Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit....

    If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
  • 1976
    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking

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    A biography of President Harry S. Truman.

    Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
  • 1959
    Medea

    Medea

    Medea

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    A betrayed queen takes a terrible revenge.

    Medea
  • 1974
    The Country Girl

    The Country Girl

    The Country Girl

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    Frank Elgin's career in the theater is all washed up — but his friend Bernie thinks he can make a comeback, as long as his wife Georgie doesn't...

    The Country Girl
  • 1971
    All the Way Home

    All the Way Home

    All the Way Home

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    Jay Follet is suffering a mid-life crisis while his wife, Mary, is expecting their second child. When Jay takes his family to visit his 103-year-old...

    All the Way Home
  • 1975
    A Moon for the Misbegotten

    A Moon for the Misbegotten

    A Moon for the Misbegotten

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    A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer and passes a soul-baring night of...

    A Moon for the Misbegotten
  • 1977
    Tell Me My Name

    Tell Me My Name

    Tell Me My Name

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    Based on the book by Mary Carter, "Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption...

    Tell Me My Name
  • 1959
    Back to Back

    Back to Back

    Back to Back

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    These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when...

    Back to Back
  • 1965
    Eagle in a Cage

    Eagle in a Cage

    Eagle in a Cage

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    Recounts the events of the final years of Napoleon, culminating in his exile on the isle of St. Helena.

    Eagle in a Cage
  • 2020
    David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia

    David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia

    David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia

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    The fascinating 1973 interview with a mid-level hitman named “Joey” who describes in detail his life in the mob that included the murder...

    David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia
  • 1980
    Father Figure

    Father Figure

    Father Figure

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    Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the...

    Father Figure